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The accumulation of genetic diversity within a canopy-stored seed bank.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jul 2010
Ayre David, O'Brien Eleanor, Ottewell Kym, Whelan Rob
Abstract excerpt
Many plants regenerate after fire from a canopy-stored seed bank, in which seed are housed in fire resistant confructescences (cones) that remain on maternal plants. This strategy would be favoured if plants accumulate a sufficiently large and genetically diverse seed bank during interfire intervals. We use a 16-year demographic study and surveys of microsatellite variation to quantify and explain the rate of...
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